Time Travel!

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Question 1 of 10

1. Question

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Bing Crosby was flung back in time to the medieval ages in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court. Who wrote the original story?

Mark Twain

Bret Harte

Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Mark Twain wrote the 1889 satire as a humorous rebuke to Sir Walter Scott (whose novels he loathed). Sixty years later director Tay Garnett turned it into an agreeable musical for Crosby (who demonstrates a laid back attitude that Huck Finn would appreciate) with songs from Jimmy Van Heusen and Johnny Burke.

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Question 2 of 10

2. Question

1 points

As Rod Taylor rockets through time in 1960’s The Time Machine, he watches this object evolve as the years pass.

A manniquin

A Car

A Sun Clock

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The ever-changing, never changing demeanor of Rod Taylor’s eternally passive companion is one of the more witty and poignant aspects of George Pal’s classic.

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Question 3 of 10

3. Question

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This fantasy writer was responsible for 1968’s time-traveling box office smash, Planet of the Apes.

Rod Serling

Ray Bradbury

Charles Beaumont

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Serling was hired by the King Brothers (fans of the movie Trumbo will be familiar with this memorable pair) to write the screenplay for Planet of the Apes. Eventually the brothers brought in the blacklisted writer Michael White (again, see Trumbo) to do a re-write. Planet of the Apes premiered in 1968 with both Serling and White receiving screen credit.

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Question 4 of 10

4. Question

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In Terry Gilliam’s Time Bandits this Python-partner played Robin Hood.

John Cleese

Michael Palin

Eric Idle

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Michael Palin had written the part for himself but producer Denis O’Brien insisted on John Cleese for the role.

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Question 5 of 10

5. Question

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This actor was considered for the time-traveling cyborg in The Terminator but director James Cameron thought his image was too “nice”.

O. J. Simpson

Jeff Bridges

Harrison Ford

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Before considering Simpson, the part was offered to Mel Gibson and Sylvester Stallone who both turned it down.

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Question 6 of 10

6. Question

1 points

In Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure, the dizzy duo travel through time using what?

A Phone Booth

A Chevy Van

A School Locker

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The writers first considered using a Chevy van as the time machine but that was considered too close to Back to the Future‘s time-traveling DeLorean.

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Question 7 of 10

7. Question

1 points

What Japanese horror film influenced the birth of the “Evil Ash” in Army of Darkness?

The Manster

The Attack of the Mushroom People

Goke, Body Snatcher from Hell

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One of the glories of eccentric Japanese horror cinema, 1959’s The Manster (AKA The Split, AKA The Monster with Two Heads) was a U.S./Japanese co-production and managed to be both risible and creepy, often at the same time.

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Question 8 of 10

8. Question

1 points

In Time after Time, H. G. Wells travels through time to find this character.

Jack the Ripper

Sherlock Holmes

Dracula

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H. G. Wells races through time to capture Jack the Ripper before he can begin a new reign of terror in San Francisco circa 1979. Nicholas Meyer’s film remains one of the most satisfying fantasies ever made.

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Question 9 of 10

9. Question

1 points

In Back to the Future, Marty McFly brings down the house with his rendition of this seminal Chuck Berry song.

Johnny B. Goode

Maybellene

Roll Over Beethoven

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Johnny B. Goode appeared in the very first draft of Back to the Future: clearly the writers, Robert Zemekis and Bob Gale, felt the song was integral to the project. They ended up paying between between $50,000 and $75,000 to secure the rights.

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Question 10 of 10

10. Question

1 points

In Hot Tub Time Machine. who plays the mysterious repairman in charge of the time-traveling hot tub?

Chevy Chase

Bill Murray

Dan Ackroyd

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A loopy idea that clicked with moviegoers, the film was a big hit leading to a sequel, the imaginatively titled Hot Tub Time Machine 2.